PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mosa A. Shubayr
AU  - Khurshid A. Mattoo
TI  - Parental neglect of feeding in obese individuals
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2020.5.25049
DP  - 2020 May 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 451--458
VI  - 41
IP  - 5
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/41/5/451.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/41/5/451.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2020 May 01; 41
AB  - Human beings encountered malnutrition during the twentieth century and obesity in the very next century. This is how the future will look when the present becomes a slice of history. Obesity is threatening the healthy being of many youngsters throughout the world. Environmental influences have indicated to effect even genetically safe subjects among which parental neglect seems to be most alarming. Two extensively and globally investigated variables, the feeding style and the physical activity, provide some hope in its prevention. Despite the high rise of obesity prevalence in Saudi Arabia, there is scant research on these topics. The purpose of this review is to present a comprehensive assessment of these 2-obesity associated parental variables. The composed literature could provide an insight to the dominant surge of obesity in the Arab nations and stimulate research on current parenting practices in the Kingdom.